Alan K. Itakura

A repeat protein links Rubisco to form the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle

Luke C. M. Mackinder, Moritz T. Meyer, Tabea Mettler‐Altmann et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 290 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biology +17

A Rubisco-binding protein is required for normal pyrenoid number and starch sheath morphology in <i>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii</i>

Alan K. Itakura, Kher Xing Chan, Nicky Atkinson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019 · 105 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Plant Biology +16

Assembly of the algal CO ₂ -fixing organelle, the pyrenoid, is guided by a Rubisco-binding motif

Moritz T. Meyer, Alan K. Itakura, Weronika Patena et al. · Science Advances · 2020 · 96 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13

A Non-amyloid Prion Particle that Activates a Heritable Gene Expression Program

Anupam K. Chakravarty, Tina Smejkal, Alan K. Itakura et al. · Molecular Cell · 2019 · 82 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +10

Widespread Prion-Based Control of Growth and Differentiation Strategies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Alan K. Itakura, Anupam K. Chakravarty, Christopher M. Jakobson et al. · Molecular Cell · 2019 · 47 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +16